Photo by Mike Lewis/ USA Swimming
Smith Concludes Day One as an Olympic Hopeful in 400-meter Freestyle
Saturday, June 15, 2024 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Olympics
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The opening day of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials got underway Saturday in Indianapolis, Ind., as 10 Gators began their journey to Paris. Bella Sims, Michaela Mattes, Olivia Peoples, Addison Reese, Emma Weyant, Bobby Finke, Gio Linscheer, Jake Mitchell, Kieran Smith and Luke Whitlock represented Florida inside Lucas Oil Stadium.
Finke, Mitchell, Smith and Whitlock represented Florida in the Finals session on Saturday night in in front of a world-record crowd of 20,689. Fellow Gator Kieran Smith secured second-place in the 400m freestyle after recording a personal-best 3:45.76. Even though he placed in the top-two with an Olympic Qualifying Time, only the winner of each event secures a spot on Team USA. Smith has not officially made Team USA's Olympic roster, but will more than likely be once the team fills out over the week.
HOW IT HAPPENED - FINALS SESSION
Men's 400m Free – Results
Having won the event at the previous U.S. Olympic Trials, Kieran Smith's second Olympic Games was looking more promising in the final 50-meters of the race. Keeping with the leading pack throughout, his final momentum solidified him second place with a new personal-best 3:45.76.
Finke also swam a personal-best, 3:46.27, marking his first 400m free time under 3:48.00. The Gator Alum finished fourth overall, making a huge jump from his eighth-place 3:48.63 seed time.
Coming into Finals as the top seed after recording a personal-best (3:46.42) during morning prelims, Whitlock swam a similar time of 3:46.55 in his Final race to finish behind Finke in fifth.
Jake Mitchell was the final swimmer representing Florida in the Finals. Having had an historic 400m free swim during the 2021 Olympic Trials, the Tokyo Olympian placed eighth with a 3:50.76 time.
HOW IT HAPPENED - MORNING SESSION
Women's 100m Fly – Results
Oliva Peoples and Addison Reese represented Florida in the first event of trials. Peoples, who holds the Florida women's 100Y fly School Record, finished 33rd overall after recording a personal-best time of 59.60. Reese, an incoming freshman from Windermere, Fla. swam a 1:00.73 to earn 61st overall in her Olympic Trial debut.
Women's 400m Free – Results
Having all competed in the previous Olympic Trials, Weyant, Mattes and Sims swam in the final women's event of the morning. Swimming in the seventh heat, Weyant finished just shy of the eight qualifying Final spots. The Florida native finished 11th after touching the wall in 4:10.58. Fellow Gator Michaela Mattes raced in the same heat as her her teammate and went 4:21.38 for 49th place. Bella Sims competed in the eight and final heat, as the 2024 SEC Women's Swimmer of the Year finished 20th with a 4:12.49 time.
Men's 400m Free – Results
Incoming freshman Luke Whitlock headlined the men's 400m free after taking the top spot during morning prelims. The 18-year-old marked a new personal-best time of 3:46.42. Jake Mitchell kept close to his new teammate in the final heat for a third-place finish after going 3:47.46. Former Gators Kieran Smith and Bobby Finke both finished in the top-eight spots as well, as Smith went 3:48.25 to earn second in the seventh heat and sixth overall. Competing in the same heat with his former teammate, Finke grabbed the last advancing Finals spot with a 3:48.63 time. Gio Linscheer represented the Gators in the second heat. The junior recorded his second-best 400m time after going 3:52.11. He finished second in his heat, while placing 25th overall.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
*Incoming Gators
GATOR OLYMPIC HOPEFULS
UP NEXT
The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials continues on June 16 inside Lucas Oil Stadium. The men will compete in the 100m back, 200m free and 400m IM in the morning, while the women will swim the 100m breast and 200m free. Paris qualifiers in the men's 100m breast 400m IM and women's 100m fly will be determined in the night session. Additionally, the men's 100m back, 100m breast, 200m free and the women's 100m breast and 200m free semifinals will also take place Sunday night.
SWIMMING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Session Start Times (ET): 11 a.m. Prelims / 7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs). The trials will have 17 sessions distributed over nine days. With eight prelims and nine finals, every individual event contested at the Olympics will have a trial.
SWIM TRIALS FULL TV SCHEDULE:
Live coverage of the Trials will be available every night at 8. pm. ET on NBC, along with daily preliminary heats on Peacock at 11 a.m. USA Network will have same-day delayed coverage of prelims.
*Taped coverage
OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TIMES:
For individual events at the Paris Games, there are two types – Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and Olympic Consideration TIME (OCT), per World Aquatics. Swimmers who match or better the OQT in one or more individual events, qualify for Olympic competition automatically. Participating countries may enter two (2) athletes in the same event, only if both swimmers' times are equivalent or under the OQT. The OCT threshold works differently. Should the OQT not yield a quota of 852 total swimmers, "World Aquatics will then invite athletes who have equaled or bettered an OCT, until the total quota of 852 athletes is reached."
Swimming at the 2024 Olympic Games will be held at the Paris La Defense Arena, located in the city of Nanterre. Indoor swimming kicks off July 27 and runs through August 4; in total, 35 medal events will be competed. Olympic swimming competition concludes with the men's and women's open water (10km marathon swimming) races taking place August 8-9. The full Team USA roster for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will be confirmed in July.
COMPLETE LIST OF GATORS WHO HAVE PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO PARIS:
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Finke, Mitchell, Smith and Whitlock represented Florida in the Finals session on Saturday night in in front of a world-record crowd of 20,689. Fellow Gator Kieran Smith secured second-place in the 400m freestyle after recording a personal-best 3:45.76. Even though he placed in the top-two with an Olympic Qualifying Time, only the winner of each event secures a spot on Team USA. Smith has not officially made Team USA's Olympic roster, but will more than likely be once the team fills out over the week.
FINAL:
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HOW IT HAPPENED - FINALS SESSION
Men's 400m Free – Results
Having won the event at the previous U.S. Olympic Trials, Kieran Smith's second Olympic Games was looking more promising in the final 50-meters of the race. Keeping with the leading pack throughout, his final momentum solidified him second place with a new personal-best 3:45.76.
Finke also swam a personal-best, 3:46.27, marking his first 400m free time under 3:48.00. The Gator Alum finished fourth overall, making a huge jump from his eighth-place 3:48.63 seed time.
Coming into Finals as the top seed after recording a personal-best (3:46.42) during morning prelims, Whitlock swam a similar time of 3:46.55 in his Final race to finish behind Finke in fifth.
Jake Mitchell was the final swimmer representing Florida in the Finals. Having had an historic 400m free swim during the 2021 Olympic Trials, the Tokyo Olympian placed eighth with a 3:50.76 time.
HOW IT HAPPENED - MORNING SESSION
Women's 100m Fly – Results
Oliva Peoples and Addison Reese represented Florida in the first event of trials. Peoples, who holds the Florida women's 100Y fly School Record, finished 33rd overall after recording a personal-best time of 59.60. Reese, an incoming freshman from Windermere, Fla. swam a 1:00.73 to earn 61st overall in her Olympic Trial debut.
Women's 400m Free – Results
Having all competed in the previous Olympic Trials, Weyant, Mattes and Sims swam in the final women's event of the morning. Swimming in the seventh heat, Weyant finished just shy of the eight qualifying Final spots. The Florida native finished 11th after touching the wall in 4:10.58. Fellow Gator Michaela Mattes raced in the same heat as her her teammate and went 4:21.38 for 49th place. Bella Sims competed in the eight and final heat, as the 2024 SEC Women's Swimmer of the Year finished 20th with a 4:12.49 time.
Men's 400m Free – Results
Incoming freshman Luke Whitlock headlined the men's 400m free after taking the top spot during morning prelims. The 18-year-old marked a new personal-best time of 3:46.42. Jake Mitchell kept close to his new teammate in the final heat for a third-place finish after going 3:47.46. Former Gators Kieran Smith and Bobby Finke both finished in the top-eight spots as well, as Smith went 3:48.25 to earn second in the seventh heat and sixth overall. Competing in the same heat with his former teammate, Finke grabbed the last advancing Finals spot with a 3:48.63 time. Gio Linscheer represented the Gators in the second heat. The junior recorded his second-best 400m time after going 3:52.11. He finished second in his heat, while placing 25th overall.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
| Saturday, June 15 Finals Results |
|
| Men's 400m Freestyle Final |
2nd - Kieran Smith – 3:45.76 |
| 4th - Bobby Finke – 3:46.27 | |
| 5th - Luke Whitlock – 3:46.55 | |
| 8th - Jake Mitchell – 3:50.76 | |
| Morning Heats Results | |
| Women's 100m Butterfly *Top-16 advance to Semifinals* |
33rd - Olivia Peoples – 59.60 |
| 61st - Addison Reese* - 1:00.73 | |
| Women's 400m Freestyle *Top eight advance to Finals* |
11th - Emma Weyant – 4:10.58 |
| 20th - Bella Sims – 4:12.49 | |
| 49th – Michaela Mattes – 4:21.38 | |
| Men's 400m Freestyle *Top eight advance to Finals* |
1st – Luke Whitlock* – 3:46.42 |
| 3rd – Jake Mitchell – 3:47.46 | |
| 6th - Kieran Smith – 3:48.25 | |
| 8th - Bobby Finke – 3:48.63 | |
| 25th - Gio Linscheer – 3:53.11 | |
GATOR OLYMPIC HOPEFULS
| Name | Event | Place | Time |
| Kieran Smith | 400m Freestyle | 2nd Place | 3:45.76 |
UP NEXT
The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials continues on June 16 inside Lucas Oil Stadium. The men will compete in the 100m back, 200m free and 400m IM in the morning, while the women will swim the 100m breast and 200m free. Paris qualifiers in the men's 100m breast 400m IM and women's 100m fly will be determined in the night session. Additionally, the men's 100m back, 100m breast, 200m free and the women's 100m breast and 200m free semifinals will also take place Sunday night.
SWIMMING SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Session Start Times (ET): 11 a.m. Prelims / 7:45 p.m. Finals (varying based on broadcast needs). The trials will have 17 sessions distributed over nine days. With eight prelims and nine finals, every individual event contested at the Olympics will have a trial.
| June 16 - Sunday | |
| Prelims | Finals |
| Men's 200M Freestyle | Men's 400M IM Final |
| Men's 400M IM | Women's 100M Butterfly |
| Women's 100M Breaststroke | Men's 200M Freestyle Semi |
| Men's 100m Backstroke | Women's 100M Breaststroke Semi |
| Women's 200M Freestyle | Men's 100M Backstroke Semi |
| Men's 100M Breaststroke Final | |
| Women's 200M Freestyle Semi | |
| June 17 – Monday | |
| Prelims | Finals |
| Women's 400M IM | Women's 400M IM Final |
| Women's 100M Backstroke | Men's 200M Freestyle Final |
| Men's 800M Freestyle | Women's 100M Backstroke Semi |
| Men's 100M Backstroke Semi | |
| Women's 100m Breaststroke Final | |
| Women's 200m Freestyle Final | |
| June 18 – Tuesday |
|
| Prelims | Finals |
| Men's 200M Butterfly | Men's 100M Freestyle Semi |
| Men's 100M Freestyle | Men's 200M Butterfly Semi |
| Women's 1500M Freestyle | Women's 100M Backstroke Final |
| Women's 100M Freestyle | Men's 800M Freestyle Final |
| Men's 200M Breaststroke | Women's 100M Freestyle Semi |
| Men's 200m Breaststroke Final | |
| June 19 – Wednesday | |
| Prelims | Finals |
| Women's 200M Breaststroke | Women's 100M Freestyle Final |
| Men's 200M Backstroke | Men's 200M Butterfly Final |
| Women's 200M Butterfly | Women's 200M Butterfly Semi |
| Women's 1500M Freestyle Final | |
| Men's 200M Backstroke Semi | |
| Women's 200M Breaststroke Final | |
| Men's 200M Breaststroke Final | |
| Men's 100M Freestyle Final | |
| June 20 – Thursday | |
| Prelims | Finals |
| Women's 200M Backstroke | Women's 200M Butterfly Final |
| Men's 50M Freestyle | Men's 200M Backstroke Final |
| Men's 200M IM | Men's 50M Freestyle Semi |
| Women's 200M Breaststroke Final | |
| Women's 200M Backstroke Semi | |
| Men's 200M IM Semi | |
| June 21 – Friday | |
| Prelims | Finals |
| Men's 100M Butterfly | Men's 50M Freestyle Final |
| Women's 200M IM | Women's 200M Backstroke Final |
| Women's 800M Freestyle | Men's 200M IM Final |
| Men's 100M Butterfly Semi | |
| Women's 200M IM Semi | |
| June 22 – Saturday | |
| Prelims | Finals |
| Women's 50M Freestyle | Men's 100M Butterfly Final |
| Men's 1500M Freestyle | Women's 50M Freestyle Semi |
| Women's 200M IM Final | |
| Women's 800M Freestyle Final | |
| June 23 – Sunday | |
| Prelims | Finals |
| Women's 50M Freestyle Final | |
| Men's 1500M Freestyle Final | |
SWIM TRIALS FULL TV SCHEDULE:
Live coverage of the Trials will be available every night at 8. pm. ET on NBC, along with daily preliminary heats on Peacock at 11 a.m. USA Network will have same-day delayed coverage of prelims.
| DATE | COVERAGE | NETWORK | TIME |
| Sat., June 15 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 6:30 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Sun., June 16 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 5 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Mon., June 17 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 7 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Tues., June 18 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 6 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Wed., June 19 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 7 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Thurs., June 20 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 7 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Fri., June 21 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 5:30 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Sat., June 22 | Qualifying Heats | Peacock | 11 a.m. |
| Qualifying Heats | USA Network* | 6:30 p.m. | |
| Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. | |
| Sun., June 23 | Finals | NBC, Peacock | 8 p.m. |
| Sat., June 29 | Paralympic Finals | CNBC, Peacock | 6 p.m. |
| Sun., June 30 | Paralympic Finals | CNBC* | 1 p.m. |
OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TIMES:
For individual events at the Paris Games, there are two types – Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) and Olympic Consideration TIME (OCT), per World Aquatics. Swimmers who match or better the OQT in one or more individual events, qualify for Olympic competition automatically. Participating countries may enter two (2) athletes in the same event, only if both swimmers' times are equivalent or under the OQT. The OCT threshold works differently. Should the OQT not yield a quota of 852 total swimmers, "World Aquatics will then invite athletes who have equaled or bettered an OCT, until the total quota of 852 athletes is reached."
| Men's | Event |
Women's | ||
| Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) -2 Entries |
Olympic Consideration Times (OTC) -1 Entry |
Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) -2 Entries |
Olympic Consideration Times (OTC) -1 Entry |
|
| 21.96 | 22.07 | 50m Freestyle | 24.70 | 24.82 |
| 48.34 | 48.58 | 100m Freestyle | 53.61 | 53.88 |
| 1:46.26 | 1:46.79 | 200m Freestyle | 1:57.26 | 1:57.85 |
| 3:46.78 | 3:47.91 | 400m Freestyle | 4:07.90 | 4:09.14 |
| 7:51.65 | 7:54.01 | 800m Freestyle | 8:26.71 | 8:29.24 |
| 15:00.99 | 15:05.49 | 1500m Freestyle | 16:09.09 | 16:13.94 |
| 53.74 | 54.01 | 100m Backstroke | 59.99 | 1:00.29 |
| 1:57.50 | 1:58.09 | 200m Backstroke | 2:10.39 | 2:11.04 |
| 59.49 | 59.79 | 100m Butterfly | 1:06.79 | 1:07.12 |
| 2:09.68 | 2:10.33 | 200m Butterfly | 2:23.91 | 2:24.63 |
| 51.67 | 51.93 | 100m Breaststroke | 57.92 | 58.21 |
| 1:55.78 | 1:56.36 | 200m Breaststroke | 2:08.43 | 2:09.07 |
| 1:57.94 | 1:58.53 | 200m Individual Medley | 2:11.47 | 2:12.13 |
| 4:12.50 | 4:13.76 | 400m Individual Medley | 4:38.53 | 4:39.92 |
Swimming at the 2024 Olympic Games will be held at the Paris La Defense Arena, located in the city of Nanterre. Indoor swimming kicks off July 27 and runs through August 4; in total, 35 medal events will be competed. Olympic swimming competition concludes with the men's and women's open water (10km marathon swimming) races taking place August 8-9. The full Team USA roster for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 will be confirmed in July.
COMPLETE LIST OF GATORS WHO HAVE PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO PARIS:
- Maha Amer – Egypt
- Josh Liendo – Canada
- Julie Brousseau – Canada
- Jonny Marshall – Great Britain
- Nicole Maier – Germany
- Aleksas Savickas – Lithuania
- Alfonso Mestre – Venezuela
- Alberto Mestre – Venezuela
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